FIBT World Championships 2012
# FIBT World Championships 2012

The FIBT World Championships 2012 took place from 13 to 26 February 2012 at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Lake Placid, New York for the tenth time. Lake Placid had previously hosted the World Championships in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1997 (skeleton), 2003 (men's bobsleigh), and 2009.

Lake Placid was awarded the 2013 championships at the 2009 FIBT Annual Congress meeting in Moscow on 31 May 2009, but the 2013 location was switched to St. Moritz, Switzerland, in December 2010. The FIBT switched the locations to accommodate a shorter trip for athletes and equipment to Sochi, Russia, in 2013 so that athletes will gain practice time on the 2014 Olympic track in Sochi.

## Bobsleigh

### Two-man

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Steve Holcomb Steven Langton | United States | 55.96 | 55.75 | 55.54 | 55.63 | 3:42.88 | |
| | Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden | Canada | 55.71 | 55.88 | 55.86 | 55.89 | 3:43.34 | +0.46 |
| | Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske | Germany | 55.78 | 56.02 | 55.71 | 55.92 | 3:43.43 | +0.55 |
| 4 | Francesco Friedrich Marko Huebenbecker | Germany | 56.12 | 56.03 | 55.74 | 55.61 | 3:43.50 | +0.62 |
| 5 | Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter | Switzerland | 55.94 | 55.96 | 55.90 | 55.94 | 3:43.74 | +0.86 |
| 6 | John Napier Christopher Fogt | United States | 56.04 | 56.10 | 56.05 | 55.93 | 3:44.12 | +1.24 |
| 7 | Manuel Machata Andreas Bredau | Germany | 55.98 | 56.09 | 56.17 | 56.04 | 3:44.28 | +1.40 |
| 8 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens | Latvia | 55.96 | 56.05 | 56.16 | 56.17 | 3:44.34 | +1.46 |
| 9 | Nick Cunningham Dallas Robinson | United States | 56.29 | 55.92 | 56.15 | 55.99 | 3:44.35 | +1.47 |
| 10 | Gregor Baumann Alex Baumann | Switzerland | 56.09 | 56.10 | 56.24 | 56.03 | 3:44.46 | +1.58 |
| 11 | Edwin van Calker Sybren Jansma | Netherlands | 56.29 | 56.29 | 56.00 | 55.91 | 3:44.49 | +1.61 |
| 12 | Nicolae Istrate Florin Cezar Craciun | Romania | 56.37 | 56.41 | 56.12 | 56.12 | 3:45.02 | +2.14 |
| 13 | Simone Bertazzo Francesco Costa | Italy | 56.55 | 56.34 | 56.51 | 55.81 | 3:45.21 | +2.33 |
| 14 | Patrice Servelle Lascelles Brown | Monaco | 56.35 | 56.28 | 56.72 | 56.19 | 3:45.54 | +2.66 |
| 15 | Edgars Maskalāns Intars Dambis | Latvia | 56.29 | 56.63 | 56.49 | 56.22 | 3:45.63 | +2.75 |
| 16 | Alexander Kasjanov Maxim Belugin | Russia | 56.60 | 56.76 | 56.61 | 56.36 | 3:46.33 | +3.45 |
| 17 | Justin Kripps Derek Plug | Canada | 57.03 | 56.53 | 56.75 | 56.11 | 3:46.42 | +3.54 |
| 18 | Jan Vrba Jan Stokláska | Czech Republic | 56.64 | 56.68 | 56.95 | 56.48 | 3:46.75 | +3.87 |
| 19 | Nikita Zakharov Maksim Meleshkin | Russia | 56.73 | 56.83 | 56.87 | 56.54 | 3:46.97 | +4.09 |
| 20 | Heath Spence Duncan Harvey | Australia | 57.02 | 57.03 | 57.27 | | | |
| 21 | Milan Jagnešák Juraj Mokrás | Slovakia | 57.42 | 57.48 | 57.28 | | | |
| 22 | Ugis Zalims Raivis Broks | Latvia | 57.51 | 57.46 | 57.45 | | | |
| 23 | Thibault Alexis Godefroy Alexandre Jolivet | France | 57.54 | 57.35 | 57.60 | | | |
| 24 | Michael Klingler Jonas Gantenbein | Liechtenstein | 57.93 | 57.48 | 57.88 | | | |
| 25 | Vuk Rađenović Damjan Zlatnar | Serbia | 57.98 | 57.54 | 58.38 | | | |
| 26 | Kim Dong-Hyun Seo Young-Woo | South Korea | 57.85 | 58.42 | 57.98 | | | |
| | Ivo de Bruin Bror van der Zijde | Netherlands | DSQ | | | | | |
| | Alexandr Zubkov Dmitry Trunenkov | Russia | DSQ | | | | | |
| | John James Jackson Bruce Tasker | United Kingdom | 56.70 | 56.54 | 56.39 | DNF | | |

### Four-man

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Steve Holcomb Justin Olsen Steven Langton Curtis Tomasevicz | United States | 54.34 | 54.58 | 53.92 | 53.99 | 3:36.83 | |
| | Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Kevin Kuske Martin Putze | Germany | 54.19 | 54.74 | 54.12 | 54.28 | 3:37.33 | +0.50 |
| | Manuel Machata Marko Huebenbecker Andreas Bredau Christian Poser | Germany | 54.38 | 54.82 | 54.25 | 54.18 | 3:37.63 | +0.80 |
| 4 | Edwin van Calker Arno Klaassen Sybren Jansma Jeroen Piek | Netherlands | 54.60 | 54.95 | 54.23 | 54.16 | 3:37.94 | +1.11 |
| 5 | Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov | Russia | 54.38 | 54.97 | 54.27 | 54.49 | 3:38.11 | +1.28 |
| 6 | Edgars Maskalāns Daumants Dreiškens Ugis Zalims Intars Dambis | Latvia | 54.69 | 54.93 | 54.21 | 54.37 | 3:38.20 | +1.37 |
| 7 | Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden Cody Sorensen Neville Wright | Canada | 54.88 | 54.75 | 54.21 | 54.48 | 3:38.32 | +1.49 |
| 8 | Gregor Baumann Patrick Bloechliger Alex Baumann Juerg Egger | Switzerland | 54.87 | 55.21 | 54.43 | 54.58 | 3:39.09 | +2.26 |
| 9 | Francesco Friedrich Ronny Listner Michail Makarow Thomas Blaschek | Germany | 54.84 | 55.08 | 54.42 | 54.97 | 3:39.31 | +2.48 |
| 10 | John James Jackson Stuart Benson Bruce Tasker Joel Fearon | United Kingdom | 55.25 | 55.09 | 54.62 | 54.49 | 3:39.45 | +2.62 |
| 11 | Alexander Kasjanov Petr Moiseev Maxim Belugin Nikolay Hrenkov | Russia | 54.89 | 55.29 | 54.58 | 54.73 | 3:39.49 | +2.66 |
| 11 | Nikita Zakharov Alexey Negodaylo Ilvir Huzin Yury Selikhov | Russia | 55.07 | 55.06 | 54.79 | 54.57 | 3:39.49 | +2.66 |
| 13 | Jan Vrba Vladimir Hladik Martin Bohmann Jan Stokláska | Czech Republic | 55.11 | 55.19 | 54.64 | 54.74 | 3:39.68 | +2.85 |
| 13 | Nick Cunningham Jesse Beckom Johnny Quinn Dallas Robinson | United States | 55.21 | 55.35 | 54.53 | 54.59 | 3:39.68 | +2.85 |
| 15 | Simone Bertazzo Simone Fontana Gianluca Bruno Francesco Costa | Italy | 55.38 | 55.38 | 54.88 | 54.95 | 3:40.59 | +3.76 |
| 16 | Nicolae Istrate Emilian Pertea Bogdan Laurentiu Otava Florin Cezar Craciun | Romania | 55.27 | 55.47 | 55.03 | 55.14 | 3:40.91 | +4.08 |
| 17 | Won Yun-jong Kim Sik Kim Hong Bae Seo Young-woo | South Korea | 55.82 | 55.69 | 55.45 | 55.31 | 3:42.27 | +5.44 |
| | Milan Jagnešák Martin Tešovič Robert Chorvat Juraj Mokrás | Slovakia | 55.61 | 55.38 | 54.98 | DSQ | | |
| | Heath Spence Gareth Nichols Ben Lisson Lucas Mata | Australia | 55.85 | 55.70 | DNF | | | |
| | Oskars Melbārdis Helvijs Lusis Arvis Vilkaste Janis Strenga | Latvia | 54.61 | 56.29 | DNS | | | |
| | John Napier Charles Berkeley Adam Clark Christopher Fogt | United States | 54.75 | DSQ | | | | |
| | Thibault Alexis Godefroy Jeremy Baillard Alexandre Jolivet Vincent Daniel Ricard | France | DNS | | | | | |

### Two-woman

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Kaillie Humphries Jennifer Ciochetti | Canada | 57.10 | 57.07 | 57.22 | 57.18 | 3:48.57 | |
| | 4 | Sandra Kiriasis Petra Lammert | Germany | 57.30 | 57.28 | 57.21 | 57.11 | 3:48.90 | +0.33 |
| | 8 | Elana Meyers Katie Eberling | United States | 57.22 | 57.45 | 57.41 | 57.49 | 3:49.57 | +1.00 |
| 4 | 1 | Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer | Germany | 57.37 | 57.53 | 57.45 | 57.47 | 3:49.95 | +1.25 |
| 5 | 17 | Helen Upperton Shelley-Ann Brown | Canada | 57.58 | 57.35 | 57.57 | 57.45 | 3:49.95 | +1.38 |
| 6 | 3 | Fabienne Meyer Hanne Schenk | Switzerland | 57.44 | 57.59 | 57.56 | 57.67 | 3:50.26 | +1.69 |
| 7 | 11 | Paula Walker Gillian Cooke | Great Britain | 57.54 | 57.65 | 57.64 | 57.77 | 3:50.60 | +2.03 |
| 8 | 2 | Anja Schneiderheinze Lisette Thöne | Germany | 57.74 | 57.51 | 57.90 | 57.75 | 3:50.87 | +2.30 |
| 9 | 7 | Christina Hengster Inga Versen | Austria | 57.77 | 57.79 | 57.90 | 57.68 | 3:51.14 | +2.57 |
| 10 | 13 | Jazmine Fenlator Ingrid Marcum | United States | 57.81 | 57.52 | 57.90 | 58.05 | 3:51.28 | +2.71 |
| 11 | 9 | Olga Fyodorova Margarita Ismailova | Russia | 57.83 | 57.79 | 58.08 | 57.93 | 3:51.57 | +3.00 |
| 12 | 10 | Bree Schaaf Emily Azevedo | United States | 57.95 | 57.69 | 58.04 | 58.12 | 3:51.84 | +3.27 |
| 13 | 6 | Anastasia Tambovtseva Liudmila Udobkina | Russia | 57.87 | 57.82 | 58.04 | 58.19 | 3:51.92 | +3.35 |
| 14 | 14 | Viktoria Tokovaya Aleksandra Pahmutova | Russia | 58.59 | 58.17 | 58.24 | 58.28 | 3:53.28 | +4.71 |
| 15 | 12 | Astrid Radjenovic Ebony Gorincu | Australia | 58.64 | 58.54 | 58.55 | 58.64 | 3:54.37 | +5.80 |
| 16 | 15 | Elfje Willemsen Wendy Van Leuven | Belgium | 58.60 | 58.31 | 58.54 | 59.05 | 3:54.50 | +5.93 |
| 17 | 16 | Eva Willemarck An Vannieuwenhuyse | Belgium | 59.41 | 59.22 | 59.63 | 59.38 | 3:57.64 | +9.07 |

## Skeleton

### Men

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Martins Dukurs | Latvia | 53.77 | 54.37 | 54.34 | 54.61 | 3:37.09 | |
| | Frank Rommel | Germany | 54.00 | 54.83 | 55.21 | 55.13 | 3:39.17 | +2.08 |
| | Ben Sandford | New Zealand | 54.31 | 55.20 | 54.76 | 55.23 | 3:39.50 | +2.41 |
| 4 | Sergey Chudinov | Russia | 54.37 | 55.20 | 55.01 | 55.07 | 3:39.65 | +2.56 |
| 5 | Tomass Dukurs | Latvia | 54.13 | 55.31 | 55.19 | 55.12 | 3:39.75 | +2.66 |
| 5 | Matthew Antoine | United States | 54.28 | 55.04 | 55.00 | 55.43 | 3:39.75 | +2.66 |
| 7 | Alexander Gassner | Germany | 54.70 | 55.23 | 55.25 | 55.17 | 3:40.35 | +3.26 |
| 8 | John Daly | United States | 54.66 | 55.24 | 54.89 | 55.73 | 3:40.52 | +3.43 |
| 9 | Alexander Kröckel | Germany | 54.60 | 55.22 | 55.54 | 55.18 | 3:40.54 | +3.45 |
| 10 | John Fairbairn | Canada | 54.45 | 55.36 | 55.39 | 55.51 | 3:40.71 | +3.62 |
| 11 | Michael Douglas | Canada | 54.78 | 55.31 | 55.43 | 55.41 | 3:40.93 | +3.84 |
| 12 | Aleksandr Tretyakov | Russia | 55.29 | 55.40 | 55.04 | 55.62 | 3:41.35 | +4.26 |
| 13 | Eric Neilson | Canada | 54.95 | 55.51 | 55.97 | 55.03 | 3:41.46 | +4.37 |
| 14 | Kristan Bromley | United Kingdom | 54.44 | 55.66 | 55.51 | 55.94 | 3:41.55 | +4.46 |
| 14 | Ed Smith | United Kingdom | 54.96 | 55.40 | 55.50 | 55.69 | 3:41.55 | +4.46 |
| 16 | Anton Batuev | Russia | 55.31 | 55.57 | 55.44 | 55.25 | 3:41.57 | +4.48 |
| 17 | Adam Pengilly | United Kingdom | 54.45 | 55.85 | 55.47 | 55.88 | 3:41.65 | +4.56 |
| 18 | Matthias Guggenberger | Austria | 54.86 | 55.57 | 55.87 | 56.02 | 3:42.32 | +5.23 |
| 19 | Maurizio Oioli | Italy | 55.37 | 55.66 | 55.95 | 56.03 | 3:43.01 | +5.92 |
| 20 | Hiroatsu Takahashi | Japan | 55.62 | 55.44 | 55.87 | 56.09 | 3:43.02 | +5.93 |
| 21 | Shinsuke Tayama | Japan | 55.39 | 56.23 | 56.02 | | | |
| 22 | Axel Jungk | Germany | 55.83 | 56.42 | 55.91 | | | |
| 23 | Lukas Kummer | Switzerland | 55.66 | 56.19 | 56.37 | | | |
| 23 | Michael Höfer | Switzerland | 55.69 | 56.42 | 56.11 | | | |
| 25 | Ander Mirambell | Spain | 55.74 | 56.32 | 56.56 | | | |
| 26 | Raphael Maier | Austria | 55.59 | 56.83 | 56.32 | | | |
| 27 | Silviu Alexandru Mesarosi | Romania | 56.73 | 57.13 | 56.27 | | | |
| 28 | Alexandros Kefalas | Greece | 56.11 | 57.04 | 57.35 | | | |
| 29 | Bradley Chalupski | Israel | 56.57 | 58.20 | 57.18 | | | |
| 30 | Urs Vescoli | Australia | 57.19 | 57.78 | 57.77 | | | |
| 31 | Kim Tae-Rae | South Korea | 59.55 | 58.54 | 58.18 | | | |

### Women

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Katie Uhlaender | United States | 55.54 | 55.49 | 55.62 | 55.68 | 3:42.33 | |
| | Mellisa Hollingsworth | Canada | 55.64 | 55.57 | 55.61 | 55.68 | 3:42.50 | +0.17 |
| | Elizabeth Yarnold | United Kingdom | 55.95 | 55.76 | 55.40 | 55.58 | 3:42.69 | +0.36 |
| 4 | Shelley Rudman | United Kingdom | 55.48 | 56.00 | 55.58 | 56.07 | 3:43.13 | +0.80 |
| 5 | Amy Williams | United Kingdom | 56.01 | 55.74 | 55.81 | 55.68 | 3:43.24 | +0.91 |
| 6 | Marion Thees | Germany | 55.98 | 55.75 | 55.87 | 56.26 | 3:43.86 | +1.53 |
| 7 | Katharina Heinz | Germany | 55.83 | 55.98 | 56.10 | 56.48 | 3:44.39 | +2.06 |
| 8 | Anja Huber | Germany | 55.90 | 56.40 | 56.12 | 56.08 | 3:44.50 | +2.17 |
| 9 | Lucy Chaffer | Australia | 55.98 | 55.96 | 56.05 | 56.58 | 3:44.57 | +2.24 |
| 10 | Anne O'Shea | United States | 56.20 | 56.13 | 56.21 | 56.06 | 3:44.60 | +2.27 |
| 11 | Sarah Reid | Canada | 56.23 | 56.14 | 56.07 | 56.43 | 3:44.87 | +2.54 |
| 12 | Amy Gough | Canada | 56.15 | 56.18 | 56.48 | 56.15 | 3:44.96 | +2.63 |
| 13 | Katharine Eustace | New Zealand | 56.12 | 56.09 | 56.24 | 56.55 | 3:45.00 | +2.67 |
| 14 | Svetlana Vasilyeva | Russia | 56.46 | 56.12 | 56.44 | 56.04 | 3:45.06 | +2.73 |
| 15 | Nozomi Komuro | Japan | 56.37 | 56.36 | 56.04 | 56.32 | 3:45.09 | +2.76 |
| 16 | Rose McGrandle | United Kingdom | 56.41 | 56.50 | 56.25 | 56.21 | 3:45.37 | +3.04 |
| 17 | Emma Lincoln-Smith | Australia | 56.11 | 56.14 | 56.75 | 56.79 | 3:45.79 | +3.46 |
| 18 | Janine Flock | Austria | 56.30 | 56.41 | 57.01 | 56.87 | 3:46.59 | +4.26 |
| 19 | Olga Potylitsina | Russia | 56.38 | 57.12 | 56.55 | 56.84 | 3:46.89 | +4.56 |
| 20 | Marina Gilardoni | Switzerland | 56.87 | 56.56 | 56.73 | 56.95 | 3:47.11 | +4.78 |
| 21 | Maria Orlova | Russia | 56.57 | 56.93 | 56.96 | | | |
| 22 | Joska Le Conté | Netherlands | 57.44 | 57.02 | 56.70 | | | |
| 23 | Barbara Hosch | Switzerland | 57.38 | 57.15 | 57.03 | | | |
| 24 | Maria Marinela Mazilu | Romania | 58.00 | 57.29 | 57.01 | | | |
| 25 | Michaela Glässer | Czech Republic | 57.63 | 57.17 | 57.72 | | | |
| 26 | Rindy Loucks | Jamaica | 58.70 | 58.64 | 58.64 | | | |
| | Katie Tannenbaum | United States Virgin Islands | 59.26 | DNF | | | | |

## Mixed team

The mixed team event – consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh – debuted at the 2007 championships. The United States won its first mixed team championship, halting Germany's streak of four consecutive championships since the event was introduced.

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Matthew Antoine Elana Meyers / Emily Azevedo Katie Uhlaender Steve Holcomb / Justin Olsen | United States | 54.78 | 57.71 | 56.29 | 56.20 | 3:44.98 | |
| | Frank Rommel Sandra Kiriasis / Berit Wiacker Marion Thees Maximilian Arndt / Steven Deja | Germany | 54.76 | 57.78 | 56.58 | 56.59 | 3:45.71 | +0.73 |
| | John Fairbairn Kaillie Humphries / Emily Baadsvik Mellisa Hollingsworth Justin Kripps / Timothy Randall | Canada | 55.25 | 57.65 | 56.57 | 56.81 | 3:46.28 | +1.30 |
| 4 | John Daly Jazmine Fenlator / Ingrid Marcum Anne O'Shea Nick Cunningham / Dallas Robinson | United States | 54.83 | 58.30 | 57.01 | 56.34 | 3:46.48 | +1.50 |
| 5 | Alexander Kröckel Cathleen Martini / Christin Senkel Anja Huber Manuel Machata / Michail Makarow | Germany | 54.83 | 57.97 | 57.30 | 56.71 | 3:46.81 | +1.83 |
| 6 | Sergey Chudinov Anastasia Tambovtseva / Natalya Kalashnik Maria Orlova Alexander Kasjanov / Yury Selikhov | Russia | 55.16 | 58.43 | 56.87 | 56.97 | 3:47.43 | +2.45 |
| 7 | Kristan Bromley Paula Walker / Rebekah Wilson Shelley Rudman John James Jackson / Stuart Benson | United Kingdom | 55.13 | 58.59 | 56.99 | 56.85 | 3:47.56 | +2.58 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Tretyakov Olga Fyodorova / Yulia Timofeeva Olga Potylitsina Alexandr Zubkov / Maxim Mokrousov | Russia | 55.06 | 58.67 | 57.44 | 56.50 | 3:47.67 | +2.69 |
| | Eric Neilson Helen Upperton / Marquise Brisebois Amy Gough Lyndon Rush / Timothy Randall | Canada | DNS | | | | | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
